Jacob schmitz



' (No Model.)

J. SGHMITZ. CLOTHES DRIER.

Patented Nov. 21, 1893'.

NATIONAL U'YHOGRAFMING CQMFANY, wunmamu. o. c.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB SCHMITZ, OF HENNEF, GERMANlC CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,989, dated November21, 1893.

' Application filed March 29,1892. Serial No. 426,916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AOOB SOHMITZ, of Hennef, in the Kingdom of Prussiaand German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Drying and Airing Clothes and Fabrics, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

T hisinvention relates to improvements in apparatus for drying andairing clothes and fabrics upon rods or staves and its object is toenable such apparatus to be adapted to,

vation of one form of the apparatus; Fig. 2 a

plan of the base of the same apparatus; Fig. 3 asectional elevation ofthe upper part of the apparatus showing the staves liberated; Fig. 4: adiagrammatic plan of the top plate and Fig. 5 is a modification of theapparatus.

The apparatus as shown in these figures consists of a hollow pedestal Awhich may stand on the top of a stove or range or be fixed to the floorby means of bolts passing through the holes I). This stand has a broadbase which is gradually contracted to a columnar form bored for thereception of the rod or tube 0 upon the upper end of which the table 6is fixed. The rod or tube c may be adjusted at any desired height withinits limits by means of the set-screw a. A disk at may be formed aroundthe upper part of the pedestal A to act as astop and support for thestaves f when they are let down. When this disk is employed it isadvisable to arrange a soft caoutchouc ringaround its periphery, to actas a bufier andprevent damage either to the staves or to the disk whenthe staves are allowed to falldown. It is preferred to fix the table euponthe rod or tube 0 in such a manner that it can if desired, berotated thereon. This table carries two concentric sets of pairs oflugs,

in the outer set of which the sockets for the staves are hinged orpivoted as shown in the drawings. The upper part of each socket has 'anib m formed upon it with which engages a gravity, and the outer endsare also beveled or curved so as to morereadily engage automaticallywith the nibs m when the staves are lifted into the horizontal position.From the construction of the apparatus it will be 7 seen that the stavesf being in the horizontal position as when in use, if either of theparts h of the levers 11 be lifted, the corresponding stave f will dropinto the vertical position as indicated by Fig. 3, while if any stave islifted out of the vertical into the horizontal position, the catch Zwill engage with the nib m and hold the stave in that position. 7

To provide for the simultaneous liberation of all the staves f, a cone pis suspended immediately above the inner ends 0" of the levers i fromthe lever n which is fulcrumed at s in the upper part of the bracket tfixed on the table e. The lever n is normally held up with the cone pout of contact with the inner ends of the levers, by means of the springq. Assumingall the staves to be, in the horizontal position, if thelevern is depressed, the cone will depress the inner ends 4 of thelevers 11, thus raising the catches Z and liberating the nibs mwhereupon the staves will fall, as shown in Fig. 3.

A modification of the hereinbefore described construction is illustratedin partial sectional elevation by Fig. 5. In this modification the leverfrom which the cone is sus pended is shortened, and to the under side ofthe cone there is attached a rod and chain or cord is which passes downthe center of the tube 0, under the pulley o and outthrough the pedestalover the pulley 1). With this arrangement, the chain or cord k is simplypulled when it is desired to drop all the staves into the folded orvertical position. In other respects the construction is similar to thatillus trated by Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.

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I claiin 1. In a clothes drier thecombination of a hollow pedestal, atube within said pedestal, a revolving table mounted on said tube, aseries of staves hinged to said table and provided with a nibor-p'rojection on their hinged ends, and a series of engaging leverspivotally mounted on said table and engaging the nibs or projections onthe staves for holding them in a horizontal position, and suitable meanson the table for releasing the staves substantially as set forth.

2. In a clothes drier, the combination of the hollow pedestal, a tubewithin said pedestal, a revolving table mounted on said tube, a seriesof staves hinged to said table and provided with a nib or projection ontheir hinged JAOO B SOHMITZ.

Witnesses:

SIBILLA LANG, I-I. A. MAXWELL.

